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Wilhelm Steinitz

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A sacrifice is best refuted by accepting it.


— Wilhelm Steinitz


#best #refuted #sacrifice

Chess is so inspiring that I do not believe a good player is capable of having an evil thought during the game.


— Wilhelm Steinitz


#capable #chess #during #evil #game

Fame, I have already. Now I need the money.


— Wilhelm Steinitz


#already #fame #i #need #now

A win by an unsound combination, however showy, fills me with artistic horror.


— Wilhelm Steinitz


#combination #fills #horror #however #me

Chess is intellectual gymnastics.


— Wilhelm Steinitz


#gymnastics #intellectual

Chess is not for timid souls.


— Wilhelm Steinitz


#souls #timid

I do not believe a good player is capable of having an evil thought during the game.


— Wilhelm Steinitz


#capable #during #evil #game #good

I have never in my life played the French Defence, which is the dullest of all openings.


— Wilhelm Steinitz


#dullest #french #i #life #my life

Only the player with the initiative has the right to attack.


— Wilhelm Steinitz


#initiative #only #player #right

When you have an advantage, you are obliged to attack; otherwise you are endangered to lose the advantage.


— Wilhelm Steinitz


#attack #endangered #lose #obliged #otherwise






About Wilhelm Steinitz

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Did you know about Wilhelm Steinitz?

Most notably from 1888 to 1889 he co-operated with the American Chess Congress in a project to define rules governing the conduct of future world championships. His new style was controversial and some even branded it as "cowardly" but many of Steinitz's games showed that it could also set up attacks as ferocious as those of the old school. Steinitz was also a prolific writer on chess and defended his new ideas vigorously.

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